The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees this week passed two local laws that raised village sewer rates by around 5% and established a 5 mph motorboat speed limit on Mirror Lake and Mill Pond. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports one law sets a 5 mph speed limit for motorboats and prohibits the use of … Read more
Four years ago, Saranac Lake was awarded $10 million dollars in Downtown Revitalization Initiative money and the first project started Wednesday at William Morris Park, where the Adirondack Carousel is located. Preceeding the construction was alot of planning and additional projects are on the way including utility work, urban forestry and much more, reports the … Read more
(DEC), Essex County, town of Keene, and Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) have announced the Route 73 shuttle system launched in 2021 will return on Saturday, July 9. The shuttle system helps manage safe, sustainable visitation along the busy Route 73 corridor in the Adirondack High Peaks region. The free shuttle system will operate … Read more
The Music on the Green Kick-Off Concert is happening in Riverside Park in Saranac Lake Wednesday from 7-8:30pm featuring Folkfaces. Music on the Green is the free weekly concert series in Riverside Park that runs to August 10th, showcasing talented artists in folk, funk, bluegrass, and indie. Folkfaces is New York State based roots music … Read more
The public is invited to the second in a series of Conversations at Lake Flower Landing on Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. at 421 Lake Flower Ave discussing racism and civil rights in the South. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports these gatherings are free, with donations to benefit the Equal Justice Initiative.
The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees and the North Elba Town Council are holding a joint meeting tonight to hear the results of a public survey and comment period about short-term vacation rental regulations in the town and village. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the STR presentation is sandwiched between the village’s regular … Read more
Lake Placid Police are warning of a bad batch of drugs in the Saranac Lake area. Use has resulted in one overdose and one averted overdose in the past few days. Overdoses are likely linked to heroin in stamped envelopes with a blue symbol on the bags. If someone overdoses or has a medical emergency … Read more
Saranac Lake Village Police have identified the man who stabbed a person and was fatally shot by an SLPD officer on Wednesday as 33 year old Joshua De’Miguel Kavota of Saranac Lake. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Aaron Sharlow is the SLPD officer who shot Kavota after Kavota stabbed a man on Bloomingdale Avenue, and … Read more
The Saranac Lake Village Board voted to censure Trustee Rich Shapiro this week, citing “persistent disruptive conduct” which the board found “embarrassing and deeply concerning,” and specifically referencing a verbal altercation Shapiro had with a village resident at a meeting last month. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports a censure says the board does not approve … Read more
New York State Police, Saranac Lake Police, and the NYS Attorney General’s Office are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at the Stewart’s Shop on Bloomingdale Ave. in the village of Saranac Lake. There is no danger to the public. The preliminary investigation has determined that on June 29, 2022, at about 8:30 a.m., two … Read more